Clarice

Previously on "Clarice"...

Two dead women floated down the Anacostia River.

Those women were whistleblowers,

and they died trying to tell a story.

So how come the autopsy says natural causes?

I didn't have anything to do with that.

Someone else got to the coroner. Someone with power.

Have you heard about the Black Coalition?

I respect deeply what the Coalition is doing,

but it's not for me.

You really screwed it, Marilyn.

No, you said no one would get to me.

What does Starling know?

She says they found evidence in my house.

This is all because they connected

the women you dumped to me.

You said she gave you something I would need.

Get me whatever the FBI knows.

And I'll get you both out.

There was a man. Can't remember his face.

I'll find him.

I'd like to retain you.

Thank you for the trust.

Nearly 10 months after going missing,

the body of 14-year-old Cody Phelps

was found in a suburban home

in Alexandria, Virginia, this morning.

Alright, the only people permitted in this room

are the people actively working the Phelps case.

Yes?

Yes, sir.

Yes.

Yes, sir.

I want a timeline for the day Cody went missing.

Tell the Rapid Start supervisor to get his ass down here.

Tell him I want any particulars on my desk

the second they become available.

Call the crime lab.

Tell them we need a rush turnaround

on any DNA pulled from the scene.

Let's get AV set up.

Every news outlet is all over this.

We've got to be up to speed on what's out there.

Let's stay on our toes, people.

The country held its breath for Cody

when he was abducted last year, just months after...

Has anyone seen Starling?

ViCAP's new motto.

We should have new jackets made.

We should be in Alexandria by now.

This family's waiting.

Yeah, I know.

Let's, uh, stash this stuff

before we get the eyes of the nation on us, okay?

Cody was the man of the house for his single mom and sister

when his abduction rocked the nation.

Now the search ends with a new question,

"Who did this to him?"

Where is Starling?

Still on leave. It's only been a week.

AG signed off on her early return.

She wants her out front on this.

Very high profile.

For a 7C?

Cody Phelps was abducted a year ago.

There's no active killer. It's basically a cold case.

Also, he's a kid who died.

Do we think she's okay? Starling?

After Felker? A week seems soon.

Also, define "okay."

You know, Starling is good, but has she ever been okay?

Are you okay, Agent Clarke?

Sorry, sir.

I was out for a run.

Right.

Well, listen, whatever the AG says.

I feel like you come back when you're ready.

Well, my people pulled coal out of the ground

in West Virginia for the last 100 years.

When we say we're okay, we're okay.

Have you found a new therapist?

Still working on that.

It's not optional.

Understood. Uh, sir, when there's time,

I'd appreciate hearing where we're at on the River Murders.

Boss.

I told Alexandria PD to keep their hands off the scene,

but the longer we wait...

Right.

Let's go.

Starling.

It's him.

It's him.

It's the guy, the guy from Woodhaven

with Marilyn Felker, the one who...

No, no, no, no.

That... That's not...

I-It is. It is.

It's him. I know.

I have been seeing his face in my head for a week.

I've been trying to figure out how to...

So you found him.

Can I ask how you know this guy?

Joe Hudlin.

I have a meeting with him today.

This is background.

What kind of meeting, boss?

He's an attorney, alright?

His firm is handling my divorce.

He's not a...

He's not.

Clarice says he is.

Look, she says this guy put hands on her.

Alright.

Then I need you to run Cody Phelps for me.

You alright to do that?

Yes.

I'm fine. Of course. Yes.

Alright.

You and Esquivel take Starling to the scene.

Tripathi, you and I will stay behind.

I'll keep my meeting with Joe Hudlin.

You can jump on his tail then.

Try to get some DNA at the meeting.

We can compare it to what Mapp got

from Clarice's fingernails.

Who am I? James Bond?

It's weird, though, huh?

Hey, where... How do you know this guy?

Murray, there's a dead kid in Alexandria.

Yeah.

The homeowners were doing renovations.

We're guessing that once air got into the wall,

the flies got in.

An exterminator came,

figured something crawled inside the wall, died,

an animal of some kind.

So they broke in, and...

...well, here he is.

9, 10 months decayed.

Killed right after he was taken.

And stashed in a wall.

Or tucked away.

For protection.

I don't know.

Looks like a womb.

Looks like someone tried to protect him.

If he'd been protected, he wouldn't be here right now.

Postpone. Why?

The Coalition meeting doesn't have to be tomorrow night.

We need more people.

11 people is a lot.

Against the whole bureau?

It could be 12.

I still want you to join.

Close the door.

Get 11 scared people who already feel invisible in a room,

show them they're not alone,

and 11 is essentially everyone.

Watch.

I'll come to the meeting to support you-all, but...

I'll take it.

Mapp. Hey.

Hey, we're sending a DNA sample from Cody Phelps to the lab.

Can you run it through your database,

see if there's a match?

Cody Phelps. Send me your stuff.

Okay.

Single blow to the back of the head.

He died instantly.

Sorry, ma'am. It's an active crime scene.

He's my little boy.

No. No. Ma'am, if I could just have you wait.

I have waited.

Please wait.

Don't...

You need to let me see him.

I know... you have to see him.

But before you do, I need you to know

that Cody didn't feel any pain.

It's not much comfort, but he didn't.

Oh, my boy!

My beautiful boy!

Give the prior owners of the house

to the Rapid Start guys. You... You have them...

I think homicide has those...

Well, then get them, dumb-ass.

This isn't siesta time.

Is he worse than usual?

Clarice.